The political paralysis over network neutrality might be a microcosm of the broader political paralysis in America. Last week, after FCC chairman Juli... read more »
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It seems that all is not lost for Motorola&'s slick new Xoom Android tablet, which we previously said would suffer because of its $800 retail price. M... read more »
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Shopkick, a check-in application which lets retailers market offers to consumers, is showing some impressive growth numbers, according to Business Ins... read more »
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Social-gaming entrepreneur Brenda Brathwaite delivered a rant at the Game Developers Conference that would have made a tent preacher proud. In a sessi... read more »
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Zumbox, which provides its users with digital copies of their mail based on their home address, has raised an additional $9.7 million, according to a ... read more »
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Phone manufacturer Motorola has acquired 3LM, a stealth startup that develops security technology for phones running Google&'s Android mobile operatin... read more »
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Today&'s funding announcements include software for children&'s apps, easy advertising, malware protection and bionic knees:Ruckus Media lands $3.5M f... read more »
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Hewlett-Packard is announcing today a new family of laptops for business users with new industrial designs and one very interesting feature: a battery... read more »
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Rumors of a Google/Groupon deal have been swirling for weeks, and now Google has apparently bought the daily deal company for $2.5 billion, an anonymo... read more »
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Square took another step toward simplifying the credit card payment process today by getting rid of its 15-cent transaction fee. That means businesses... read more »
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Does the Internet tend towards natural monoplies Columbia Law professor Tim Wu makes a strong argument that it does in an Op-Ed in this weekend&'s W... read more »
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Mark Cuban last year took part in a &''small round&'' of financing for Revision3, the Web video studio. The round is only now being disclosed, though ... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:Tessera Solar loses 663.5-megawatt power purchase agreement &8211' The five-year-old... read more »
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For reasons inexplicable, a &''Today I Learned&'' thread on Reddit has turned into a treatise on how to make Google Translate beatbox for you, among ... read more »
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Zynga announced today that it has added another shiny object to its collection with the acquisition of the team at Floodgate Entertainment, an indepen... read more »
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Herea4‚¬a4„s our roundup of the weeka4‚¬a4„s biggest tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:... read more »
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Was there a clear signal when the British Empire was eclipsed by its colonies When the New Economy pushed aside the oldIn the digital world, we may ha... read more »
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Editor&'s note: As the Web goes mobile, every Web company needs to build mobile products. Author Elad Gil, director of Geo at Twitter, has a lot of e... read more »
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The Geological Society Of America (also known as the Geosociety) completed the installation of a solar power generating rooftop at their Boulder, Col... read more »
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In yet another blow to the Symbian platform, the non-profit Symbian Foundation announced today that it will transition to a licensing-only role, wh... read more »
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